
ERIC Number: EJ300811
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Publication Date: 1984
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An Iterative Item Bias Detection Method.
Van Der Flier, Henk; And Others
Journal of Educational Measurement, v21 n2 p131-46 Sum 1984
Two strategies for assessing item bias are discussed: methods comparing item difficulties unconditional on ability and methods comparing probabilities of response conditional on ability. Results suggest that the iterative logit method is an improvement on the noniterative one and is efficient in detecting biased and unbiased items. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Test Bias, Test Items
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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